University Daily Kansan, April 18, 1983
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Grouse
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estimated by the club president at $33,000, for the four-year project
The group, said its president, Warren Parker, thinks that native wildlife should be re-introduced throughout the United States because "hunters wiped out many species of bird and animal around the turn of the century, and now we should put them back."
Wells said the study began with maps produced by satellite imagery. The maps, made in the KU Space Technology Center in Nichols Hall, identified counties in northeastern Kansas that contained large wooded areas, areas that can support grouse, he said.
"THEY WE MARKED the places that might be suitable and send the maps to experts living in the various counties," he said. "They returned the photos and told us whether they thought the areas might be possible release sites for the Wisconsin grouse."
Then, in what Wells called "the fun part," he and another biologist flew to several counties to study the fish.
Hardwood forests containing dense tree shrubbery and vines are the best habitat for the birds, Wells said.
"We found lots of suitable sites, but after careful comparison with sites in Wisconsin where the bird is found, I think we'll start at Jefferson and Leavenworth counties," he said.
The program, Wells said, calls for 500 of the Midwestern subspecies of ruffed grouse to be released at selected sites in northeastern Kansas, primarily in Jefferson, Leavenworth, Atchison, Douglas and Shawnee counties, over the next four years.
The first birds will be released in October, he said.
HEAVY HUNTING AND AN inability to adapt to areas cleared for agricultural use contributed to the bird's attrition. Wells said, but Wisconsin where were able to maintain sizeable populations.
Although plentiful enough to have been mentioned in game laws of a hundred years ago, the ruffed grouse had been considered a non-resident of long-standing by the time the Kansas Board of Agriculture reported on the species in 1948.
Hunters also hope the grouse, a gamebird known for its caginess, will thrive.
In some countries, grouse hunting has become almost ritualistic. In Scotland, for example, tweed-suited sportsperscend on the moors in August and October, and in August then group shooting season begins.
SAFARI CLUB PRESIDENT Parke said, "I don't think anyone will get too formal about it in my country."
the quarry, also known as “bonaiss umbellus mediana,” is 16 to 19 inches long and its feathers are sober woody colors. Its shape resembles that of a pleasant with a fan-shaped tail.
Besides its meat, which hunters say is dark and delicious, the bird is known for its drumming, a courtship sound it makes by sitting on a log and rapidly vibrating its wings.
But whether the grouse survives long enough to be hunted, is the important question, said Gene Lewis, a former Topeka Audubon Society president.
Athlete
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Darnell Valentine, former KU basketball player who is now playing for the Portland Trailblazers in the National Basketball Association, said the academic endeavors of the student athlete were completely up to the individual and that the athletic department was concerned about education "to the extent that it doesn't interfere with practice."
He said, "The athlete is not able to miss practice because of studies, or if exams are coming up.
"THE COACHES ARE concerned with education as a team function."
"Valentine said the NCAA rule was not needed. "There are a few isolated cases when a new college athlete can't read. But I don't think that reflects on the situation as a whole," he said.
Valentine was graduated last year with a degree in general studies.
Mac Stallcup, who played basketball with the Jayhawks from 1976 to 1980, said freshmen should not be allowed to play varsity basketball, regardless of their academic skills.
Stauleup, who now works for Texas Oil and Gas Inc., said a junior varsity level of competition should be returned to the University to help freshman athletes adjust to both the amount of time spent practicing and the amount of time spent studying.
"THEE ARE TOO many student athletes who are just playing ball," Stalcup said. "A lot of athletes are good in high school and they leave thinking they're studs. They're the ones that may need help in college."
Bruce Mayfield, Overland Park graduate student who was a member of the KU track team from 1978-1982, said that the most serious problem was a "common belief that athletes are not as academically inclined as the average student."
"To participate in athletics, the student athlete needs motivation and organization," he said. "Those are the same things needed to do well in school."
Mayfield agreed that the individual determined his own academic and athletic priorities.
"I got a good education because I wanted it," he said.
MIKE MCCOY, FORMER KU football player who is now a Topeka orthopedic surgeon, said he played football before freshmen were allowed to play.
Mayfield has returned to the University to get a master's degree in political science.
McCoy, who played from 1968-1971, said he did not think the NCAA rule was necessary, because freshmen needed the playing time.
If there are going to be college athletics, then the colleges need to recruit people who belong in college." McCoy said.
Oren Oelschlager, another former KU football player and the current football-team doctor, called the NCAA provision a "silly rule."
He said the rule would limit the number of good athletes who could participate in athletics.
good athletes who could participate in athletics. Oelschiger, who was graduated from the University in 1965 and is now a radiologist, said playing professional basketball in the sky was one of his greatest student.
"YOU CANNOT FORCE the kids to educate themselves," he said. "All you can do is give them the opportunity."
He added that eliminating the "athletic dorms" would help solve the problem.
"Athletes need to be mixed with the general student population." he said.
Many athletes live in Jayhawker Towers.
Fambridge said the recruiting wars between colleges could also be at fault because they may "fall in completely informing the kid of the proper priorities."
He added that many times the parents of a college recruit left the decision of which college to attend.
FAMBROUGH SAID, "Whenever a parent tells me that he is going to let little Johnny decide, I tell them the story of a recruit we had a couple years ago who couldn't decide between KU and MU. It was something I'd be at the kids' party for when the recruiter from MU would be there the next night.
"Finally, he said he wanted to come to KU. Well, we got up and hugged each other and I thought 'fantastic.' Then I asked him why he had put me off it me was because we had preffer uniforms.
"I should have torn up the scholarship right there."
Legislators spar over ways to maintain state highways
By DIANE LUBER
Staff Reporter
Local legislators Saturday sparred over the source of money to repair the state's highways but agreed on most of the other issues of this year's session.
"Highways have been huge eaters of money."
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said
He criticized Gov. John Carlin's proposal to increase the highway fund by taking money from the general fund raised with vehicle sales taxes and by transferring $110 million from the
HE SAID THE STATE should not break with the tradition of financing highway construction and repair with user fees and likened the governor's proposal to "letting the car get its way."
Winter and other area legislators met twice Saturday morning, once at the Eggs and Issues Breakfast sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and held a forum at the First United Methodist Church.
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, defended the governor's highway proposal.
Since Carlin has been in office, he has never proposed building any new roads, Charlton said. But he does want to repair and maintain existing roads.
The sales tax on vehicles and parts can appropriately be viewed as a user fee, she said, so the governor's proposed transfer is consistent with tradition.
THE LEGIBLATURE TOOK no action on Carlin's proposals. Instead, she said, the House Transportation Committee passed a bill on the last official day of the session that would increase the state's gasoline tax. Carlin has opposed raising that tax.
"As it is, the governor's proposal sat in committee all session," Charlton said.
State Sen. Robin Leach, D-Lincoln, said increasing the gasoline tax was not the way to do it.
"We don't need it," he said. "I think there are better ways to do it."
Increasing the tax could drive people to neighboring states that have lower taxes, such as Missouri and Oklahoma, to buy gasoline, he said.
"You have a chance when you raise the gallionage tax to actually drop revenues," he said.
He predicted the governor might not sign the bill into law if it reached his desk.
THE LEGISLATORS SAID they were gearing up to return to work Wednesday for the final three days of the session, when the Legislature will be the brow on the state's revenue package.
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said, "We need $200 million, and the severance tax will only provide about half of that. So during our third days, we'll be trying to come up with the money."
Winter and Branson both bemoaned the budget reductions proposed for the Regents institutions.
"every legislator has a public school in his district," Brandon said, "but not every legislative body."
"We need to build a better base of support for higher education."
Charlton criticized the federal government for increasing the federal motor fuels and cigarette taxes at the same time that it turned more responsibilities over to the states.
"IF THE STATES are supposed to take on more responsibilities, they need more revenue to do it," she said. "But the federal government received many of the tax increases the state needs."
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said that Kamar was not in as bad a shape as some of the players on his team.
"We don't have a very high sales tax," he said. "We haven't had a severance tax. People with very large incomes are not paying their fair share."
But the solutions to the state's revenue problems would not come easy, he said.
Carlin
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nearly 10 percent of the country's workers out of work.
During Slattery's speech, a country western band started blaring in a dance room overhead.
both the court and the executive back, Carlin did some stopping on state lawmakers and said so many important tax proposals had piled up for the Legislature's scheduled three-day wrapup session.
"NEVER IN MY 13 years working with the "Legislature have I seen so much left for such a short period of time," he said. "I hope this next week is productive. It is important for the state."
increase on the state motor fuels tax and then will ask for adjournment.
However, rumors have floated among legislators that House Speaker Mike Hayden and Senate President John McCain evaluate the Legislature's approved severance tax, will try to pass a a-cent
An early adjournment is not likely, though, Carlin said. And neither Hayden, R-Atwood, nor Doyen, R-Cordiacea, have made open suggestions about early adjournment. Both Hayden and Doyen have said that the Legislature will stay in session until financial measures that are still on the table are addressed.
CARLIN SAID HE would push the Legislature to remain in session until all his tax proposals had been resolved.
"There's just too much at stake. I'm not going to allow time limits to keep us from doing more for the state." he said.
In the short session, which begins Wednesday,
the Leslieature is supposed to deal with
University salary increases, as well as several tax measures Carlin has proposed.
Among those proposals are increases on cigarette and alcohol taxes and changes in personal and corporate income taxes. Also, the bill will have to rework a vetoed school finance bill
Tax proposals from other legislators also await House and Senate debate. Both chambers might struggle with a proposed state lottery and with the 3-cent increase on the state motor fuels tax that is backed by Republicans. The tax would increase the state tax from 8 to 11 cents.
CARLIN SAID AGAIN that he would veto the 3-cent increase, unless other legislation was passed that would provide money for highway repairs in all parts of the state.
Republican leaders are pushing the 3-cent increase as a way to come up with matching money for a federal nickel-a-gallon tax increase. States that match part of the federal increase would be eligible for part of the federal revenue, but would have to use the money strictly to repair and construct interstate highways.
In an effort to provide highway money for other state roads, Carlin has proposed a transfer of money from the general fund to the highway fund.
However, Carlin's unprecedented plan to transfer money has met stiff opposition from Republican and Democratic legislators, who say that general fund money should not be used to finance highway repairs.
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